Futures mixed in very light trading

By The Associated Press
| 4:58 a.m.Sept. 12, 2013

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, file photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets were muted Thursday Sept. 12, 2013 as investors kept their guard up ahead of the release of U.S. retail sales data and next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, file photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. World stock markets were muted Thursday Sept. 12, 2013 as investors kept their guard up ahead of the release of U.S. retail sales data and next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, file photo, members of Congress walk down the steps of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Treasury reports on the budget deficit for August on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)— AP

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FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, file photo, members of Congress walk down the steps of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Treasury reports on the budget deficit for August on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, file photo, Applicants listen to a speaker's bull horn instructions for attending a combined Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Harlem Week job and career fair at Columbia University in New York. The Labor Department reports the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits for the second week of September on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)— AP

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FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, file photo, Applicants listen to a speaker's bull horn instructions for attending a combined Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Harlem Week job and career fair at Columbia University in New York. The Labor Department reports the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits for the second week of September on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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